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Professor Dr. Gunnar Luderer

Gunnar Luderer leads the Energy Systems Group at PIK, and is the Lead Scientist for the REMIND Integrated Energy Economy Climate Model, and serves as Deputy Chair of Research Department 3 - Transformation Pathways. He is also Professor of Global Energy Systems Analysis at the Technical University of Berlin. Gunnar Luderer also serves as deputy leader of the BMBF-funded Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne. He was a lead author of the 2013 and 2018 UNEP Emissions Gap Reports and a contributing author to the Fifth Assessment Report, the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources as well as the Special Report on Warming of 1.5°C of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He studied Physics, Economics and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Heidelberg and Oregon State University. He performed his doctoral studies at the MPI for Chemistry in Mainz. Gunnar Luderer has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has been regularly recognized as one of the World's most Highly Cited Researchers by the Web of Science Group since 2019. Click here for a more detailed CV.

Twitter: @GunnarLuderer

Department

Transformation Pathways

Working Group

Energy Systems

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

T +49 (0)331 288 2671

gunnar.luderer[at]pik-potsdam.de

P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

Assistant:

Jennifer Schneider
T +49 (0)331 288 2476
jennifer.schneider[at]pik-potsdam.de

Integrated, model-based analysis of energy transformations and climate change mitigation pathways (REMIND model)

Low stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations and cost-efficient mitigation strategies

Interrelation between near-term climate policies and the achievability of long-term climate targets
Energy-Climate-Environment Nexus

Full list of publications
Google Scholar: https://goo.gl/sSbIk4
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-2967-2012

Past and current projects

Ariadne - Evidenzbasiertes Assessment für die Gestaltung der deutschen Energiewende - Deputy Project Leader
Transformation towards Sustainable Transport Systems – The Next Generation Policies - Work Package Leader
Kopernikus Project Energy Transition Navigation System (Enavi) - Work Package Leader
Australian-German Energy Transition Hub (START) - Co-Director
Advanced Model Development and Validation for Improved Analysis of Costs and Impacts of Mitigation Policies (ADVANCE) - Project Director
Global greenhouse-gas emission pathways until 2050 (commissioned by the German Federal Environment Agency) - Project Leader
Linking Climate and Development Policies: Leveraging International Networks and Knowledge Sharing (CD-LINKS) - Work Package Leader
Roadmaps Towards Sustainable Energy Futures (RoSE)
EMF-27 study by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF)
Scenarios on the feasibility of emission reductions towards limiting climate change to 2°C (commissioned by the German Federal Environment Agency) - Project Leader
Mitigation potential of renewable methane and hydrogen (commissioned by the German Association of Gas and Water Utilities DVGW) - Project Leader
Report on Energy and Climate Policy in Europe (RECIPE) - Scientific Coordinator and Leader of Model Intercomparison Project
Development of the Integrated Assessment Model REMIND
A Global Contract Based on Climate Justice (project webpage) - Project Coordinator

In the summer semester lecture Energy and Climate Change focuses on teaching the fundamentals of climate physics, key elements of sustainable energy system transformations and related policy processes.

In winter semesters, students will develop their own small energy systems model in the seminar Energy Systems Modeling.

Summer Semester: Energy and Climate Change

Time: Monday 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm; the course starts on 25 April 2022.

Location: The lecture will be held in room PC 203 at TU Berlin.

Language: The lecture will be held in English.

Objective: The overall objective of the lecture to equip students with the systemic understanding to evaluate energy technologies, business planning and energy policies in the context of the climate change mitigation challenge. Students will acquire a basic understanding of the fundamentals of climate physics, key elements sustainable energy system transformations and related policy processes.

Target audience: The lecture addresses masters students and graduate students with a background in engineering (in particular energy and process engineering, environmental engineering), natural science or economy. Basic knowledge of energy systems is an asset. No further formal requirements.

Examination: Final written or oral exam.

Registration: Registration is required via ISIS. If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Reinhardt.

Credits: 3 Leistungspunkte

Topics covered: The lectures will cover the following topics

Introduction and overview
Climate physics
Energy systems transformation: The big picture
Decarbonization of energy demands in the industry, transportation, and buildings sectors
Bioenergy, carbon dioxide and negative emissions
Renewable energy integration and sector coupling
Climate change, air pollution and other environmental impacts of energy
The economics of climate change
International climate policy
European policy and the German Energiewende
Wrap up and final exam

Winter Semester: Energy Systems Modeling

Time: 1-week block seminar from 28 February - 4 March 2022.

Location: Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the lecture will be held remotely via zoom conference.
Zoom Link will be shared via ISIS.

Language: The lecture will be held in English

Objective: By the end of the course successful students will have

Acquired a basic understanding of the functioning of energy system models;
Built up their own simple energy systems model;
Applied the model to a specific use case, e.g. CO2 emission reductions;
Analyzed model results;
Learned to interpret the results of energy models and acknowledge limitations.

Target audience: The lecture addresses masters students and graduate students with a background in engineering, natural science or economy. Basic experience in programming is essential. Further, Students should have basic knowledge of and interest in energy systems. No further formal requirements.

Examination: Presentation

Registration: Registration is required via ISIS until 31 December 2021. If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Reinhardt.

Credits: 3 Leistungspunkte

Topics covered: The integrated course will consist of lecture elements, hands-on numerical modeling of energy systems and the presentation of modeling results to the class.

Introduction to the role of energy modeling and types of energy models;
Basic concepts: Resource endowments, energy balance equations, conversion technologies, energy demand, environmental impacts;
Optimization problems;
Hands-on programming
a. Build up simple energy systems model from scratch
b. Analysis of model results
c. Extensions tailored to a specific application
Presentation of results